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BAFTA Embraces Surprises After Voting Overhaul

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Guy Lodge Film CriticUntil last year, handicapping the BAFTA nominees was a considerably more straightforward process. Given the British film awards ceremony’s ever-closer shadowing of the Academy Awards since moving to the Oscar precursor circuit 20 years ago, voters tended to mirror the pool of contenders across the pond, with the odd home-turf favorite granted a greater presence.Last year’s nominations, however, were an excitingly different story, as concerns about the voting body’s limited diversity and conservative taste led BAFTA to hand over several major categories to select nominating committees rather than the group at large.Suddenly, there were no safe bets, as expected acting nominees including Carey Mulligan, Viola Davis,.

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